Ohio man admits that he and his girlfriend planned mass killing at Toledo bar

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Toledo man on Thursday admitted his guilt in a plot where he and his girlfriend planned to use explosives and guns for a mass murder.

Vincent Armstrong, 23, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport or receive an explosive with intent to kill, injure, or intimidate any individual, and maliciously damage or destroy by fire or explosive. The FBI arrested he and Elizabeth Lecron in December for a plot they started forming in April, according to court records.

Both planned to attack an unnamed Toledo bar, and the couple bought a gun and parts for makeshift bombs, according to Armstrong’s plea agreement. The FBI previously said Lecron was also involved in a plot to blow up a pipeline in Georgia.

The couple was interested in mass murderers and cited diary entries and posts on the social media website Tumblr as evidence of the interest, according to federal prosecutors. Lecron even corresponded with Dylann Roof, a South Carolina man who killed nine worshippers at a church in 2015, authorities said.

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